PETER NERO - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 281627

PETER NERO
B/w photo of a young Peter Nero in a tux, signed with his "Best Wishes"
Inscribed photograph signed "Trinia-/Best Wishes/Peter Nero". Blue ink mark in top left corner in unknown hand. B/w, 8x10 overall, 7¼x9½ image, one surface. Classical and jazz pianist, composer and conductor Nero, born Bernard Nierow in 1934, has built an impressive career as a Pops conductor, arranger and composer. He has received two Grammy Awards (he was nominated ten times) as well an Emmy Award for his participation in the NBC special, S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous, S'Gershwin. Nero, who has been the Music Director of the Philadelphia-based Philly Pops Orchestra since 1979, has performed throughout the world in some of the most prestigious concert halls, including Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall in London and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. He has recorded 67 albums, including the million-selling Summer of '42, and has been named the world's "Number One Instrumentalist" by Cashbox magazine. Nero's early association with RCA Records produced 23 albums in eight years, while his subsequent move to Columbia Records resulted in a million-selling gold single and album. Among Nero's long list of honors are four Honorary Doctorates and the International Society of Performing Arts Presenters Award for "Excellence in the Arts." He is also included on two historic walks of fame - one in Philadelphia and one in Miami. In 1999, he received the prestigious Distinguished Arts Award. Lightly toned, creased and bowed. Signature is lightly smeared in places but is legible. Blue ink mark touches signature. Mounting residue in corners with paper loss in bottom left corner (does not touch signature). Light scratches and impressions on image (not visible head-on). Otherwise in fine condition.